England and India face off for di second T20 international for Old Trafford, Manchester, on Saturday, July 4. Di series dey level 0-0 after di first match for Chester-le-Street wash out by rain. Before rain stop play for dat match, India put up 189 for 7, with Abhishek Sharma score 59 and captain Shreyas Iyer add 68.
Di big news for dis match be di debut of 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, wey become India youngest-ever cricketer, break record wey Sachin Tendulkar hold for decades. Sooryavanshi, wey born for 2011, make im first international appearance after di Indian selectors pick am for di starting XI.
Di toss see Iyer call right and choose to bat first, making England bowlers face di strong wind wey dey blow across di ground. Iyer cap even blow off during di toss, but im keep composure. England, on di other hand, make one change: Jofra Archer return to di team, replacing Saqib Mahmood, despite Mahmood good form for di first match.
England win di toss and decide to bowl first. India open with Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma. Sooryavanshi face im first ball for international cricket from Josh Tongue, wey also dey make im debut for England. Di young star miss di first ball, flashing outside off as Tongue lift beat am. But im recover quick, getting im first run from an inside edge off a yorker.
Di second over from Jofra Archer see Sharma play some aggressive shots, including a four over slip, but Archer beat am multiple times. Sooryavanshi then hit im first six off Archer, playing a pull-ramp shot wey send di ball into di crowd. Di crowd, full of blue shirts, dey cheer di young talent.
England captain Harry Brook bring spin early, with Will Jacks bowling di fourth over. Jacks first ball go for four, second ball go for four more, but Jacks get revenge when he lure Sooryavanshi down di track and stump am. Di young star gone for 14 off 9 balls, but im show promise.
After Sooryavanshi departure, Ishan Kishan join Sharma. Sharma continue to attack, hitting boundaries off Tongue and Archer. But for di sixth over, Sam Curran get Sharma out, caught by Tom Banton at deep square. Sharma score 30 off 18 balls. India end di powerplay at 65 for 2.
Liam Dawson and Adil Rashid bowl tight overs for di middle phase. Dawson vary im pace craftily, giving away only singles. Iyer and Kishan build partnership slowly, with Iyer hit some boundaries off Rashid. Di match dey balanced as both teams fight for advantage.
Di series be important for ECB, as hosting India for dis white-ball series dey affect di board profits. For England, Harry Brook need to show im captaincy qualities after a poor performance last Sunday. Sam Curran dey seen as a potential Test all-rounder, and Jos Buttler dey look to end a run of 20 innings without a fifty.
India batting: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wkt), Shreyas Iyer (capt), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Harshit Rana, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy.
England team: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wkt), Harry Brook (capt), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue.
